WEBVTT REPORTER: AROUND 10:30 MONDAY NIGHT, TERESA WATSON ARRIVED AT HER JOB THIS 99CENT ONLY STORE IN ORANGEVALE. COLLECTS WE HAVE A PROCEDURE WHERE WE TAP ON THE DOOR TO HAVE THE MANAGER UNLOCK THE DOOR FOR US. REPORTER: AS SHE WAITED FOR THE MANAGER TO LET HER IN SHE HEARD A CAR PULL UP. WHEN SHE TURNED AROUND, SHE SAYS THERE WAS A BLACK SUV JUST FEET AWAY FROM HER. >> I SAW FOUR YOUNG MEN IN IT AND A RIFLE, AND BEFORE I COULD EVEN THINK, HONESTLY I COULDN’T THINK, I WAS SHOT. THEY SHOT ME IN THE HEAD FIRST AND THEY CONTINUED SHOOTING. REPORTER: TERESA WAS HIT 10 TIMES IN THE HEAD AND DOWN THE RIGHT SIDE OF HER BODY. SHE SAID IT WAS ALL OVER IN LESS THAN 60 SECONDS, BUT SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO DIE. >> YOU HAVE A RIFLE POINTED AT YOU AND IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE A FAKE RIFLE. IT LOOKS LIKE A REAL RIFLE AND IT WAS SCARY. REPORTER: FOR A MOMENT, SHE THOUGHT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO HER FOUR KIDS AT HOME. SHE SAYS THE SOUND OF THEM LAUGHING STILL HAUNTS HER. >> I THOUGHT THIS WAS REALLY TERRIBLE AND SORT OF SICK. THEY TOOK FULL ENJOYMENT OF WHAT THEY WERE DOING. IN FACT ONE OF THEM SAID OH YOU SHOT HER IN THE HEAD AND THEY ALL STARTED LAUGHING. >> I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE A FELONY. IT WOULD BE FELONY ASSAULT. REPORTER: BEN KREULEN OWNS PREDATOR PAINTBALL IN ROCKLIN. HE SAYS PEOPLE CAN LOSE AN EYE FROM PAINTBALL AND THAT’S WHY PARTICIPANTS WEAR PROTECTIVE GEAR. TERESA WAS TOTALLY EXPOSED. >> EVEN THOUGH I’VE BEEN PLAYING PAINTBALL SINCE I WAS 10-YEARS-OLD. IN THAT SPLIT SECOND, I WOULD NOT KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. I MEAN IT WOULD BE A VERY SCARY SITUATION FOR ME. REPORTER: THE 99 CENT ONLY STORE HAS SECURITY CAMERAS SET UP OUT FRONT. WE SPOKE TO THE GENERAL MANAGER, WHO CONFIRMED THE SHOOTING DID TAKE PLACE, BUT SAYS IT’S COMPANY POLICY TO ONLY RELEASE SECURITY FOOTAGE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. SACRAMENTO POLICE SAY THEY ARE AWARE OF ANOTHER INCIDENT THAT TOOK PLACE IN MIDTOWN SACRAMENTO LAST FRIDAY WHERE TWO PEOPLE WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE TWO ARE CONNECTED. IN ORANGEVALE, WALTER MAKAULA, KCRA 3

A Citrus Heights woman says she was shot with paintballs by a group of strangers, and the attack left her with bruises and nightmares.The woman was hit several times before her attackers drove away. "I've had one dream where it was real, they used real bullets and I'm thinking I'm going to die," Teresa Watson said.Around 10:30 Monday night, Watson arrived at her job at The 99 Cent Only store in Orangevale on Madison Avenue."We have a procedure where we tap on the door to have the manager unlock the door for us," Watson said.As she waited for the manager to let her in, she heard a car pull up. She said when she turned around, there was a black SUV a few feet away from her."I saw four young men in it and a rifle, and before I could even think, honestly I couldn’t think. I was shot. They shot me in the head first and they continued shooting," Watson said.Watson was hit 10 times. She said it was all over in less than 60 seconds, but she thought she was going to die."You have a rifle pointed at you and it doesn't look like a fake rifle. It looks like a real rifle and it was scary," she said.She said the sound of her attackers laughing still haunts her."I thought this was really terrible and sort of sick. They took full enjoyment of what they were doing," Watson said. Watson said she called the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department to report the incident. By the time this story was published, she had not yet filed a report.The 99 Cent Only store has security cameras set up out front. KCRA spoke to the general manager, who confirmed the shooting did take place, but said it's company policy to only release security footage to law enforcement.Sacramento police said they are aware of another incident that took place in Midtown Sacramento last Friday where two people suffered minor injuries. There is no evidence that the two incidents are connected.

ORANGEVALE, Calif. (KCRA) —

A Citrus Heights woman says she was shot with paintballs by a group of strangers, and the attack left her with bruises and nightmares.

The woman was hit several times before her attackers drove away.

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"I've had one dream where it was real, they used real bullets and I'm thinking I'm going to die," Teresa Watson said.

Around 10:30 Monday night, Watson arrived at her job at The 99 Cent Only store in Orangevale on Madison Avenue.

"We have a procedure where we tap on the door to have the manager unlock the door for us," Watson said.

As she waited for the manager to let her in, she heard a car pull up. She said when she turned around, there was a black SUV a few feet away from her.

"I saw four young men in it and a rifle, and before I could even think, honestly I couldn’t think. I was shot. They shot me in the head first and they continued shooting," Watson said.

Watson was hit 10 times. She said it was all over in less than 60 seconds, but she thought she was going to die.

"You have a rifle pointed at you and it doesn't look like a fake rifle. It looks like a real rifle and it was scary," she said.

She said the sound of her attackers laughing still haunts her.

"I thought this was really terrible and sort of sick. They took full enjoyment of what they were doing," Watson said.

Watson said she called the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department to report the incident. By the time this story was published, she had not yet filed a report.

The 99 Cent Only store has security cameras set up out front. KCRA spoke to the general manager, who confirmed the shooting did take place, but said it's company policy to only release security footage to law enforcement.

Sacramento police said they are aware of another incident that took place in Midtown Sacramento last Friday where two people suffered minor injuries. There is no evidence that the two incidents are connected.